Largest City Never To Have Had A TV Show Set In That Town

[trusty]

I think there are one or two others besides Matlock and Designing Women set in Atlanta.
 

[bpatrick]

There's one set in Atlanta that goes 'way back.
It was called This Is Alice; it was a sitcom about
a female Dennis the Menace that, IIRC, predates Dennis
on television by about a year (1958 to his 1959).  I also
believe Phyllis Coates, the first Lois Lane on television,
played her mom.

I've practically forgotten J.J. Starbuck, which is why
I don't remember that it was set in San Antonio.  But I
still can't think of one set in Tampa.  Can anyone think of
one set in either Louisville or Birmingham?

[desertv]

Out of the top 25 cities, I came up with one show for all but San Jose, Jacksonville, Austin, Fort Worth, Charlotte and El Paso.

The problem with San Jose and Fort Worth is they are too close to the "sexier" cities of San Francisco and Dallas and are of course part of those cities' media market.  If you are going to set a show in Florida, I guess Miami is seen as much cooler than Jacksonville.  Surely, there must have been a western set in or near El Paso in the 50s or 60s.  I don't know about Charlotte, but I'm surprised Austin has never been a tv show setting.  It is considered one of the "hippest" cities and tons of movies are filmed in Austin.

New York--Law & Order
Los Angeles--Adam 12
Chicago--Good Times
Houston--Judd For The Defense
Phoenix--Alice
(also the New Dick Van Dyke Show (Dick lived in Carefree at that time))
Philadelphia--Thirtysomething
San Antonio--J.J. Starbuck
Dallas--Dallas
San Diego--Simon & Simon
San Jose--
Detroit--Martin
San Francisco--Ironside
Jacksonville--
Indianapolis--One Day At A Time
Austin--
Columbus--Family Ties
Fort Worth--
Charlotte--
Memphis--Memphis Beat
Baltimore--Homicide
Boston--Cheers
El Paso--
Milwaukee--Happy Days
Denver--Dynasty
(also Mork & Mindy- actually in Boulder)
Seattle--Grey's Anatomy

[landtuna]

Tucson - Petrochelli

[Mark]

Columbus--Family Ties

Thanks a lot for that list, you rock!!!!. You win this months "King of TV" award 

Question for "Family Ties," was it actually said, they were set in Columbus? I ask 'cause I have it on tape when Alex is renting rooms out, Alex says the family is in Dayton, OH. He says: "Keaton Manor in beautiful Dayton." It's often cut in syndication but WWME-CA (ME-TV in Chicago, runs the show uncut). Of course Ohio State is over 75 miles from Dayton.

So this could be a slip up by Michael J Fox that was never caught.

Several times Steven mentions Route 41 which runs through Springfield, OH, roughly half way between Columbus and Dayton, I guess you could call it Suburban Columbus.

Of course Alex drives Skippy TO Dayton to meet his real mother. This wouldn't be needed if they lived in Dayton.

But in the spin off "The Art of Being Nick" was in Dayton, but you could make a case that it wasn't an actual spinoff.

[Tim from Springfield, IL]

Columbus--Family Ties

Thanks a lot for that list, you rock!!!!. You win this months "King of TV" award 

Question for "Family Ties," was it actually said, they were set in Columbus? I ask 'cause I have it on tape when Alex is renting rooms out, Alex says the family is in Dayton, OH. He says: "Keaton Manor in beautiful Dayton." It's often cut in syndication but WWME-CA (ME-TV in Chicago, runs the show uncut). Of course Ohio State is over 75 miles from Dayton.

So this could be a slip up by Michael J Fox that was never caught.

Several times Steven mentions Route 41 which runs through Springfield, OH, roughly half way between Columbus and Dayton, I guess you could call it Suburban Columbus.

Of course Alex drives Skippy TO Dayton to meet his real mother. This wouldn't be needed if they lived in Dayton.

But in the spin off "The Art of Being Nick" was in Dayton, but you could make a case that it wasn't an actual spinoff.

Actually, wasn't the "hometown" of Family Ties the fictitious Leland, OH (the home of Leland College, Alex's alma mater)--which is presumed to be a suburb of Columbus?

[PDXREXX]

Out of the top 25 cities, I came up with one show for all but San Jose, Jacksonville, Austin, Fort Worth, Charlotte and El Paso.

The problem with San Jose and Fort Worth is they are too close to the "sexier" cities of San Francisco and Dallas and are of course part of those cities' media market.  If you are going to set a show in Florida, I guess Miami is seen as much cooler than Jacksonville.  Surely, there must have been a western set in or near El Paso in the 50s or 60s.  I don't know about Charlotte, but I'm surprised Austin has never been a tv show setting.  It is considered one of the "hippest" cities and tons of movies are filmed in Austin.

New York--Law & Order
Los Angeles--Adam 12
Chicago--Good Times
Houston--Judd For The Defense
Phoenix--Alice
Philadelphia--Thirtysomething
San Antonio--J.J. Starbuck
Dallas--Dallas
San Diego--Simon & Simon
San Jose--
Detroit--Martin
San Francisco--Ironside
Jacksonville--
Indianapolis--One Day At A Time
Austin--
Columbus--Family Ties
Fort Worth--
Charlotte--
Memphis--Memphis Beat
Baltimore--Homicide
Boston--Cheers
El Paso--
Milwaukee--Happy Days
Denver--Dynasty
Seattle--Grey's Anatomy

and another Seattle based show
Here Come The Brides (1880's Seattle)
And another city
Minneapolis - Mary Tyler Moore

[Braves2005]

I think there are one or two others besides Matlock and Designing Women set in Atlanta.
 

Weren't BJ And The Bear and Sheriff Lobo set in Atlanta?

[Braves2005]

Add The Streets Of San Francisco and Too Close For Comfort for San Francisco.

And I don't think that there have been any TV shows that have been set in Butte, Montana or Boise, Idaho or anywhere else in those states.

[BRNout]

I can't think of any shows based in Hartford, CT.  Providence - yes; Boston - heck yes; but Hartford? No.